A Basic Bivariate Structure of Personality Attributes Evident Across Nine Languages

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ID19280271
AutoresGerard Saucier (0000-0003-3262-0469, University of Oregon USA, autor de correspondencia), Amber Gayle Thalmayer (0000-0002-1963-1123, University of Oregon USA), Doris L Payne (0000-0002-8039-8762, University of Oregon USA), Robert G Carlson (0000-0002-4244-0173), Robert Carlson (0000-0002-6733-7922, Société Internationale de Linguistique Mali), Lamine Sanogo (Société Internationale de Linguistique Mali), Leonard Ole‐Kotikash (Maa Language Consulting Ngong Kenya), A Timothy Church (0009-0002-3463-4338, Washington State University USA), Marcia S Katigbak (Washington State University USA), Oya Somer (Gediz University Turkey), Piotr Szarota (0000-0002-7946-8209, Institute of Psychology Polish Academy of Sciences), Zsófia Szirmák (Free University of Berlin Germany), Xinyue Zhou (0000-0003-4913-140X, Sun Yat‐Sen University China)
Año2014
Volumen82
Número1
Páginas1-14
Fecha de publicación2014-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Personality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-3506 • E-ISSN: 1467-6494
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/jopy.12028
PMID23301793
OpenAlexW2109403519
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas52
Referencias citadas55

Here, two studies seek to characterize a parsimonious common‐denominator personality structure with optimal cross‐cultural replicability. Personality differences are observed in all human populations and cultures, but lexicons for personality attributes contain so many distinctions that parsimony is lacking. Models stipulating the most important attributes have been formulated by experts or by empirical studies drawing on experience in a very limited range of cultures. Factor analyses of personality lexicons of nine languages of diverse provenance ( C hinese, K orean, F ilipino, T urkish, G reek, P olish, H ungarian, M aasai, and S enoufo) were examined, and their common structure was compared to that of several prominent models in psychology. A parsimonious bivariate model showed evidence of substantial convergence and ubiquity across cultures. Analyses involving key markers of these dimensions in E nglish indicate that they are broad dimensions involving the overlapping content of the interpersonal circumplex, models of communion and agency, and morality/warmth and competence. These “ B ig T wo” dimensions—Social S elf‐ R egulation and D ynamism—provide a common‐denominator model involving the two most crucial axes of personality variation, ubiquitous across cultures. The B ig T wo might serve as an umbrella model serving to link diverse theoretical models and associated research literatures

Big Five personality traits · Big Five personality traits and culture · Bivariate analysis · Interpersonal communication · Personality · Statistics · Cultural Differences and Values · Mathematics · Personality Traits and Psychology · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology